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Why we need to reform the UK’s Gender Recognition Act

Stand with us — This week, the government is asking the public to share their thoughts on vital new rights for trans, non-binary and intersex people. This could be a huge step forward – but only if our allies speak out.

  • Activism
  • Lee Hurley

The underground ballroom scene of the Netherlands

Black queer diaspora — While it perceives itself as one of the most sexually liberal nations in the world, the Netherland’s black LGBTQ community remains unseen, unheard, and underrepresented. In a new ongoing project, Curaçao photographer Dustin Thierry explores the reasons why.

  • Photography
  • Dustin Thierry

Photos that capture the red lights of ’70s Paris

Pigalle People — Out of low-lit bars and into bedrooms, Pigalle People is an ode to Paris’s lost sex-workers through the humanist lens of Jane Evelyn Atwood.

  • Photography
  • Ellie Howard

A visual diary of queer youth in America's Deep South

Infinite Tenderness — As an outsider growing up in a religious community, photographer Peyton Fulford explored her sexuality in secret. Then she found a tribe of fiercely open friends, inspiring a journey of self-discovery.

  • Magazine
  • Adam White

Meet the new generation of LGBTQ photographers

This modern love — A New York exhibition – titled Daybreak: New Affirmations in Queer Photography – is offering 12 emerging visual artists the chance to share their views on queer life, love and representation.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Portraits and stories from the older trans community

Forgotten voices — For five years, photographer Jess T. Dugan and social worker Vanessa Fabbre travelled across the US to hear – and share – the rarely heard stories of the country’s older trans citizens.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

The uncertain future of Serbia’s LGBTQ community

Time for change — In June last year, Ana Brnabić defied the odds to become Serbian Prime Minister – making her the country’s first ever gay politician. But in a staunchly conservative society with a terrible track record on LGBTQ rights, what difference has this appointment really made?

  • Reportage
  • Sophie Cousins

Why vogueing is returning to London’s dancefloors

Ballroom revolution — Free from judgement, labels and gimmicks, Jay Jay Revlon’s community-centred club night, Let’s Have A Kiki, brings the pioneering dance movement of the ’80s and ’90s into the present day.

  • Music
  • Geralda Cela

On trans rights, Labour is on the right side of history

From Where I Stand — By explicitly stating that trans women should be included on all women Labour shortlists, this progressive movement is ensuring that trans people are treated with respect and dignity. This, writes Dawn Foster, is a victory worth celebrating.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

Inside the teen trans ballerina film that rocked Cannes

Lukas Dhont’s Girl — We speak to director Lukas Dhont about Girl: his new, moving, and richly observed drama about a trans teenage girl who attempts to become a ballerina. ‘The strength of cinema and art more generally is that it makes people understand things they didn't understand,’ he tells Sophie Monks Kaufman.

  • Film
  • Sophie Monks Kaufman

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